Sometimes a spoon is just a spoon. By Joshua David Stein Joshua David Stein’s children’s books include “Lunch From Home,” “What’s Cooking?” and “Solitary Animals.” The spoon’s best-known role in the ...

Recently, former President Barack Obama paid a visit to the Bessie Coleman Branch of the Chicago Public Library. Sitting ...

Picture books provide inspired planning pathways for play and learning across the curriculum. Image: Linda T Harrison. There is an undeniable magic in illustrated books, and story is certainly one of ...

Dan Gill taught middle school social studies in New Jersey for more than five decades. In his picture book debut, No More Chairs, illustrated by Susan Gal, Gill draws from a childhood encounter with ...